London is a wonderful city which has a rich and vibrant past and has many heritage sites for tourist attractions. It is also the unique city which has the privilege to host the Summer Olympic Games three times in 1908, 1948 and 2012.
It is a most sought after destination for billionaires to live in. It contains four UNESCO heritage sites and has lush green covers in shape of royal parks. Here we see more aspects of London in greater detail which tells us more about its rich cultural history. London also is an important seat of learning having more than 40 universities.
1. 10 Tallest Buildings In London
The tallest buildings in London are famous tourist attraction and constitute a major landmark for that area. In this, Bishopgate area skyline is marked with Heron Tower and Broadgate Tower; Barbican State has Cromwell Tower and Laudertale Tower; Old Broad Street have Tower 42 and Stock Exchange Tower.
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2. Job Search Media In London
With the latest survey results out on London jobs, some interesting numbers have churned up. Social Media sites are becoming popular places for job searches. Job portals didn't advertise much on their social media platforms. LinkedIn happened to be the favourite social media site for both employers and jobseekers.
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3. ELLE - London Fashion Week In Tweets
ELLE London Fashion Week twitter hash tag #LFW was on roll during the week. The fan base from SS13 to AW13 had increased to a whopping 100,000 more fan following. Top models like Delevinge, Jourdon Dunn and Karlle Kloss received more than 15,000 tweets combined.
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4. Banking UK vs. LONDON
A comparison between the Bank services used by Londoners and UK reveal almost the same consistency with a small variation in bank service choices. Londoners like to use more credit cards than rest of UK and do more investment along with slightly less savings. Barclays and Lloyds TSB are preferred banks for both.
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5. The London Eye
London Eye, the giant Ferris wheel is perhaps the most iconic observatory wheel in the world today. It takes roughly around 30 minutes to complete one revolution. On a clear day, an average person can see Windsor castle situated 20 miles away from the wheel top. The wheel can carry average number of around 3.5 million passengers annually.
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6. London Olympics
London is a unique city to host the modern Olympic games for three times in 1908, 1948 and the recent 2012 summer Olympic Games. These games were officially opened by King Edward VII, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II in respective years. The number of males and Females in 2012 Olympics game has almost reached in 1:1 ratio.
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7. London Calling
For a tourist, London is the delight to be visited once in a lifetime. Around 12.5% of the entire UK population resides in London. Around 12,000 licensed black taxis are working at a given time. Curiously, first Indian restaurant was opened 50 years earlier than 1860 famous Fish and Chip restaurant.
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8. A Day Out On The District Tube Line In London
Starting off with Tower of London depicting 1000 years of English History, you can proceed to visit Bank of England museum, stroll on the Thames river embankment. Afternoons can be spent on Westminster, taking a quick break at St. James Park. South Kensington is the next museum stop with the tour finally concluding on Kew gardens.
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9. Londoner's Guide To London
Secrets of London are best revealed by locals. Over 20,000 jewels are stored in Tower of London which also served as 600 years for menagerie of exotic animals. Big Ben clock uses old English pennies to add to the clock when it is running to fast and taken away when running slow.
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10. Olympic Medalists Set To Cash In On London 2012
From 1992, athletes’ can accept cash rewards from governments, Olympic committees and other partners. Georgia currently gives highest price of $1,300,000 to its gold medalist winner; followed by Singapore. Iran offers full government lifetime salary to all the medalists and $85,000 in gold coins for gold medalists.
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11. London Vs. NYC In Numbers
London and NYC are often labeled as sister cities in popular culture. The reason being they have plenty in common. Like the weather, the people, average population. Lushgreen covers, high end fashion brand labels, dense and well maintained public transportation. So effectively, in numbers these cities are remarkably close.
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12. London Vs. Paris
In a head to head race between the two major cities for supremacy and as a pioneer as a tourist destination; it is hard to pick out a clear winner between the two. Both the cities have one of the oldest underground rail systems, rich cultural heritage and sophisticated breweries and culinary tastes.
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13. London At The Oscars
In a rare feat, London has been the centre stage of Oscar winning films which have the shooting done majorly here. Starting from 2004-2013, locations such as Kensington Gardens, Canary Wharf, Buckingham palace, Scotland Yard, Greenwich royal naval college, Waterloo station and Regent Park form the core part of the shooting of Oscar winning films.
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14. Sponsorship Of GB Athletes At London 2012
More than 400 sponsorships were taken out of which more than half qualified for Olympics 2012 from UK. Athletics were the highest followed by swimming, rowing, cycling, boxing and so on. Top sponsors were BMW, Lloyds TSB, Adidas, and British Airways and so on.
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15. London 2012
Olympics 2012 had created frenzy among the people all across the globe. Around 500,000 people are to visit as spectators in London with more than 4 billion people from around the world tuning to their TV sets for joining the summer 2012 Olympics.
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16. NYC & London Fashion Weeks
NYC fashion week created more twitter buzz than the London Fashion week with over 150,000 tweets. Nicki Minaj was the talk of the show receiving over 3.000 tweets followed by Beyonce and Anna Wintour. At LFW, Kristen Stewart was the most tweeted celebrity. Designers like Bulberry, Mulberry, and Mark Jacobs were the clear winners.
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17. London
Raw facts about the city of London are quite jaw dropping. It is the fifth richest city in the world having more than 8 million populations. People make around 3.5 million daily trips on the underground railway tube network. There are more than 500 cinemas, 12,000 restaurants and 43 universities. More billionaires live here than anywhere in the world.
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18. Top 20 London Attractions - Free Vs. Paid
Based on whether you want to do sightseeing in London for free you may choose to see tourist destinations like British Museum, Tate Modern, National Gallery, Natural History Museum, Royal Naval College, and British Library and so on. For paid destinations you can visit Tower of London, Big Ben and London zoo etc.
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19. London 2012 Olympics
Canada won a total of 260 medals at the London Olympic summer games 2012 wherein 58 were Gold, 94 Silver and 108 Bronze. Canada ranked at 13th position amongst all the countries that participated in the Olympics.
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20. Eurostar: The High Speed Train Connecting London With Paris And Brussels
This underground train connects the Tube network and runs under the English Channel to emerge at Brussels from London. This is a man-made wonder that continues to capture the awe of many tourists visiting London.
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